Finding News Articles
You can search for your topic using Summon. Remember to limit your search under Content Type to Newspaper Article and/or Magazine Article.
You can also search directly in a specialized news database.
- Canadian Newsstream This link opens in a new windowCanadian Newsstream offers the full text of almost 400 Canadian newspapers from Canada's leading publishers, including The Globe and Mail, National Post and the Vancouver Sun.
- Canadian Business & Current Affairs (CBCA) This link opens in a new windowIncludes journals, magazines, and newspapers published in Canada in the fields of business, current events, education and general reference.
- E&E (Environment & Energy) Publishing This link opens in a new windowSource for comprehensive, daily coverage of environmental and energy politics and policy. Includes reporting of issues facing the White House, Congress, the courts, federal agencies and the states.
Google Search Tips
Google can be useful for searching the websites of government, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), community groups and companies to find press releases, reports, etc.
Here are a few commands to focus your search. You can also use the Google Advanced search if you can't remember the commands.
- Keyword search in the webpage title only: allintitle:community forestry
- Phrase search using quotation marks: "community forestry"
- Restrict search to a specific website or domain (e.g. fires in the Amazon): site:forestsinternational.org [or ibama.gov.br, gov.br, gc.ca, inpa.gov.br]
- File Format search (e.g. pdf documents only): filetype:pdf
Evaluating Literature
UBC Guide to Evaluating Sources
Questions to consider when evaluating a source:
- Is the author qualified to talk about the topic?
- Can the information be verified?
- Does the information line up with what you already know about the topic?
- When was it written?
- Why was it created?